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.H.;MOPHERSON. CORN SHOCK LOADER (No Model.)

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No. 528,734. y Patented NOV. 6, 1.894.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. l

HORACE MCPHERSON, OF CRETE, ILLINOIS.

CORN-SHOCK LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersilatent No. 528,734, dated November6, 1894. Application tiled January 22, 1894. Serial No. 497,688. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that LHORAOE MCPHERSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Crete, in the county of Will and State of Illinois,have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Corn-Shock Loaders,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings, and the figures of reference thereon,forming a part of this specification, in which` Figure 1 is aperspective View of the corn shock loader applied to a hay rack, and asit would appear ready for use. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of thecorn shock loader detachedfrom the hay rack, taken on line 1 of Fig.1looking down,and Fig.3 is a side view of Fig. 2 looking at it from thebottom ofthe gure. t

This invention relates to certain improvements in corn shock loaders,which improvements are fully set forth and explained in the followingspecification and claims.

Referring to the drawings, 3 is a mast standing in a step box l5 securedon a sliding frame or base 21, and maintained in a perpendicularposition by means of the braces 16 and collar 13 in which said mastturns. Said sliding base rests and slides on a pair of rails 19 Securedto the upper side of an ordinary hay rack in such manner that said basewith the mast and its appendages may be moved along on the hay rack fromone end to the other to enable the operator to load corn shocks anywherealong on the rack.

11 is a boom frame rigidly secured to th-e mast 3 by means of a box 13.4 is a boom pivotally connected at its inner end to said frame, andprovided at its outer end with the pulleys 5, and 6. Said frame 11 isprovided with a windlass 22 having a crank lO, upon which windlass iswound the inner end of a rope 7 which passes from said windlass overpulley 6, and is provided with a `nook on its outer end for adaptingsaid rope to be passedY and hooked around a corn shock.

17 is a windlass attached to bed frame or base 2l by means of boxes 20,and is pro-' windlass can be operated at either side of the.

rack. 1 is a rope having its inner end attached to said windlass17, andpasses from said windlass under the swivel pulley 14 located at the footof the mast. From said pulley it passes over a pulley 2 located in theupper end of the mast. From said pulley it passes over pulley 5 on theouter end of the boom 4, and from said pulley said rope passes to themast near its upper end where it is secured as shown 1n Fig. 1particularly.

The frame 11 is yprovided with a spring latch 12 for engaging crank 10to prevent 1t from turning backward until desired to lower the shock onthe rack. Said latch is provided with a coil spring 25, which springpresses 1t forward so its forward extending beveled end will be engagedby crank 10 and moved backward to permit said crank to pass it when saidspring will move said latch out far enough so as to prevent said crankfrom turning back past said latch. The opposite end of sald latch haspivotally attached to it a cam 26 to which is attached a hand rope 8.When said rope 8 is pulled it will through the medium of said camwithdraw said latch from contact with crank 10, so it can turn backwardand permit windlass 22 to unwind rope 7 so the corn shock may bedeposited on the rack l.

The outer ends of windlass 17 are hollow for a short distance to receivethe end of crank 18, so said crank can be applied to either end of saidwindlass.

If desired rope 1 may be detached from windlass 17 and attached to ateam at one side of the rack, in case the corn shocks are too heavy tobe hoisted by means of said windlass, and in such case the swiveledpulley 14 will permit said rope to extend to one side of the rack. p

In operation it is intended to slide the base 21 with its appendagestoward the forward end of the rack 27 when beginning to load, so as toload from the forward end of the rack toward its rear end. The wagonsupporting said rack is driven along by the side of a row of corn shocksin the field. An operator will pass rope 7 arounda corn shock and hookit so as to form a noose around the shock. He then leaves the shock andtakes hold of crank 18 and winds up rope 1 to elevate the outer end ofthe boom 4 to elevate the shock and ICO y swing the boom with its shockover the rack, while at the same time an operator on the rack takes holdof crank 10 and Winds up Windlass 22 with rope 7 attached to the shock,and when the shock is in proper position pulls rope 8 and releases crank10 so Windlass 22 can turn backward and cause the shock to drop on therack, when rope 7 is unhooked from it and the device is ready foranother like operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to Wit:

1. In a corn shock loader the combination of the frame 11,windlass 22having the crank 10, reciprocatory latch 12 for engaging said crank,coil spring 25 sleeved on said latch, cam lever 26 pivotally attached tothe rear end of said latch, and the hand rope 8 attached to said camlever, all arranged tooperate substantially as and for the purpose sebforth.

2. In a corn shock loader the combination of the slidable base 21, themast, 3,the boom, the rope 7 frame 11, windlass 22 having the crank lO,reciprocatory latch 12,for engaging said crank, coil spring 25 sleevedon said latch, cam lever 26 pivotally attached to the rear end of saidlatch, and the hand rope 8 attached to said cam lever, all arranged tooperate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HORACE MCPI-IERSON. Vitnesses:

THos. H. HUTCHINS, RAY HUroHINs.

